Tag Archives: Camera

Curiosity camera project manager explains the 2MP Mastcam

Posted on 08/10/2012 by Zed

The 2MP Mastcam from Curiosity rover was developed by Mike Ravine and his team at Malin Space Science Systems. The camera has a 34mm lens, which is equivalent to a 115 mm lens for a 35 mm camera. Photography nerds … Continue reading →

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A camera that can see around corners

Posted on 03/21/2012 by Zed

MIT Media Lab shows off technology for a camera that can see around corners. It is completely sci-fi! Watch the video above. It explains at a basic level how all of this works. Source: TheAtlanticWire.

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Super slo-mo awesomeness

Posted on 03/12/2012 by Zed

Locked in a Vegas hotel room with a Vision Research Phantom Flex camera running at 2,564 fps. Info here.

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World’s first digital camera

Posted on 03/12/2012 by Zed

Image courtesy Kodak. You are looking at the world’s first digital camera, created in 1977 by Steve Sasson and his team at–of all places, Kodak! Oh. The supreme irony that the company that was the very first to create a … Continue reading →

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Camera obscura time-lapse footage of Paris

Posted on 02/28/2012 by Zed

Photo credit: STENOP.ES Romain Alary and Antoine Levi have created a lovely time-lapse film of the urban landscape of Paris as projected via a camera obscura into a darkened apartment. Camera obscura is an old technique used by artists where … Continue reading →

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iPhone4S: The second most popular cameraphone on Flickr

Posted on 11/23/2011 by Zed

According to Flickr’s Camera Finder website, iPhone4S is now the second most popular cameraphone on Flickr. Of course, the first most popular is still the original iPhone4. Flickr is one of the largest online photo-management and sharing websites in the … Continue reading →

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An Eagleowl attacks: Filmed at 1000 frame per second

Posted on 10/21/2011 by Zed

A Photron SA2 high-speed camera was used to record the attack of this Eagleowl at 1000 frames per second. The clip is 1 minute long, and the last  15 secs are the best. Source: The Atlantic, Vurtrunner at YouTube and … Continue reading →

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JVC GC-PX10 is a hybrid, still and video camera

Posted on 10/10/2011 by Zed

              JVC GC-PX10 is described by JVC as “not a video camera that also records stills, nor is it a digital still camera that also records videos.” Priced at $899.95 the camera is compatible … Continue reading →

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Hammacher Schlemmer announces world’s smallest camera

Posted on 09/23/2011 by Zed

                  Hammacher Schlemmer, the company with the utterly unpronounceable name, recently introduced, what they claim to be, the world’s smallest digital camera. Priced at $99.95, the 2 megapixel camera takes still images … Continue reading →

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